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HOW GREENVILLE COULD BE AT T
-- COULD PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN THE
FUTURE.
ALY: GET USED TO SEEING PLANES
LIKE THESE FLYING THROUGH
GREENVILLE.
LOCKHEED MARTIN HOPES TO BUILD
HUNDREDS OF THESE OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL YEARS. BUT FIRST,
THEY'LL HAVE TO WIN THE BID.
FOR 32 YEARS, LOCKHEED'S
PRODUCED BIG PLANES, ABOUT 2800
OF THEM, RIGHT HERE. NOW,
THEY'RE FOCUSED ON THIS, THE
T50A
NEXT TIME YOU'RE LOOKING UP IN
GREENVILLE, YOU MIGHT SEE THIS.
>> WE'VE PUT ALL THE PIECES IN
PLACE NOW, TO SHOW THE USAF, W
THE CONTRACT AWARD, EVERYTHING
WE ARE GOING TO OFFER.
ALY: THEIR GOAL FOR THE NEXT
YEAR? ASSEMBLE, REASSEMBLE,
DISASSEMBLE, TROUBLESHOOT.
>> NOW, THEY GET FAMILIAR WITH
THAT.
THEY CAN ALSO FINE-TUNE THE WO
INSTRUCTIONS, WHAT GIVES CLEAR
WORK INSTRUCTIONS TO IMPROVE THE
EFFICIENCIES, AND ULTIMATELY,
THE AFFORDABILITY AND SPEED WE
CAN DELIVER THIS AIRCRAFT.
ALY: LOCKHEED'S UP AGAINST THREE
OTHER COMPANIES TO WIN A BID.
WHOEVER GETS IT GETS TO MAKE THE
PLANES AIR FORCE PILOTS WILL
TRAIN ON.
>> WE'VE TAKEN THE KEY SYSTEMS
ON T JET THAT ARE IMPORTANT
FOR TRAINING.
WE'VE UPDATED THOSE TO THE
LATEST CONFIGURATION, SO IF THE
STUDENT CAN FLY THE T50, THEY
CAN FLY THE F35, AND THAT'S
REALLY THE KEY TO THE PROGRAM.
ALY: MOST OF THE PLANES WILL BE
AMERICAN-MADE. THE REST, IN
KOREA.
FINAL ASSEMBLY, RIGHT HERE IN
GREENVILLE.
IF THE AIR FORCE CHOOSES
LOCKHEED, IT'LL MEAN HUNDREDS OF
PLANES, HUNDREDS OF JOBS, AND
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, FLYING
THROUGH THE AIR RIGHT HERE I
THE UPSTATE.
OFFICIALS WITH LOCKHEED MARTIN
SAY THEY SHOULD KNOW BY THE END
OF 2017 WHETHER THEY'VE WON THAT
BID.
UNTIL THEN, FINGERS CROSSED.
ALY MYLES, WYFF NEWS 4, AT